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LABICANA, VIA

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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 4 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LABICANA, VIA , an See also:ancient highroad of See also:Italy, leading E.S.E. from See also:Rome. It seems possible that the road at first led to See also:Tusculum, that it was then prolonged to See also:Labici, and later still became a road for through See also:traffic; it may even have superseded the Via See also:Latina as a route to the S.E., for, while the distance from Rome to their See also:main junction at Ad Bivium (or to another junction at Compitum Anagninum) is practically identical, the See also:summit level of the former is 725 ft. See also:lower than that of the latter, a little to the See also:west of the pass of Algidus. After their junction it is probable that the road See also:bore the name Via Latina rather than Via Labicana. The course of the road after the first six See also:miles from Rome is not identical with that of any See also:modern road, but can be clearly traced by remains of See also:pavement and buildings along its course. See T. See also:Ashby in Papers of the See also:British School at Rome, i. 215 sq. (T. As.

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